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DESTROYER ARCHIVE |
16 of her crew were lost and remain on duty.
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| 19k | ALLEN MELANCTHON SUMNER was a Marine Corps Captain of the First World War, 81st Company 6th Machine Gun Battalion, who was killed by German shellfire will leading his troops during the advance on Tigny , 19 July 1918. | Joe Gall | |
| 189k | Artist's conception of the Sumner as built in a cutaway view by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource. | Navy Yard Associates | |
| 95k | Artist's conception of the Sumner as she appeared after the early 1950's conversion by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource. | Navy Yard Associates | |
| 98k | Artist's conception of the Sumner as she appeared after FRAM II overhaul by the renowned graphic illustrator John Barrett with the text written by naval author and historian Robert F. Sumrall. Their company Navy Yard Associates offers prints of most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your bio, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource. | Navy Yard Associates | |
| 69k | Undated, location unknown. | Richard Miller, BMCS, USNR (Ret.) | |
| 82k | Undated, location unknown. | Richard Miller, BMCS, USNR (Ret.) | |
| 124k | Undated, location unknown. | Richard Miller, BMCS, USNR (Ret.) | |
| 337k | In her FRAM II configuration, undated, location unknown. Wright Langley Collection. Florida Keys Public Libraries, photo MM00046527x. | Robert Hurst | |
| 54k | The launching at Federal Shipbuilding in Kearny, NJ December 15 1943. | Robert F. Sumrall | |
| 77k | Three days before commissioning at Federal Shipbuilding. | Joe Gall | |
| 55k | The commissioning at the Navy Yard in New York January 26 1944. | Richard Sementelli | |
| 115k | Allen M. Sumner (DD-692), in the Atlantic, 26 March 1944. This view essentially shows the lead ship of this class "as built." (80-G-237953) | - | |
| 81k | New York Navy Yard May 1 1944 in "dazzle" paint scheme. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 31, Design 16d. | Robert F. Sumrall | |
| 80k | A photo of the Sumner at Hunters Point Navy Yard undergoing repairs to Battle Damage with an approximate flight path of the Kamikaze. Additional images from this series may be seen on the Sumner's Website at page http://dd-692.com/Kamikaze.htm. | Tracy White | |
| 45k | April 9 1945 leaving Hunter's Point, CA where she underwent repairs for the kamikaze damage from the invasion at Lingayen Gulf. | Robert F. Sumrall | |
| 89k | Probably entering Longview, WA for Navy Day 1945. | Bill Babuka | |
| 79k | June 19 1947, location unknown. Note Squadron 7 patch on the stack. | Thomas C. Edrington III | |
| 97k | As she appeared during Operation Crossroads in 1946. | Arne Schumacher | |
| 80k | In the Med circa 1950. | Marc Piche | |
| 68k | Kingston, Jamaica October 1950. | Don Marion | |
| 49k | In drydock at Boston Navy Yard 1952. | Carl Shopp | |
| 51k | Loading a torpedo at sea, circa 1953-1956. | Jim Walker | |
| 113k | September 1957, Copyright Atlantic Fleet Sales. | Joe Radigan | |
| 94k | Circa 1958-1959, note the Squadron 16 logo on the stack. | Gary Vogel | |
| 178k | Entering Genoa, Italy April 26 1959. | Carlo Martinelli | |
| 101k | Civitavecchia, Italy May 25 1962. | Paul Delasco | |
| 55k | In drydock in Toulon, France after going aground in June 1962. | Paul Delasco | |
| 123k | View of the DASH deck, Mount 53 and the VDS during OPS off Vietnam 1967. | Eric Bollin | |
| 66k | The rescue of 1LT Ronnie Randolph USAF whose F4C had been shot down over North Vietnam on May 25 1967. | Eric Bollin | |
| 60k | Subic Bay, The Philippines late May-early June 1967. The USS Jason (AR-8), HMAS Hobart (D-39), USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) and USS Fechteler (DD-870). | Frank Goetz | |
| 48k | Hong Kong harbor July 1967 | H. Kelly Brown III | |
| 61k | One of Sumner's QH-50c DASH Helicopters circa 1968-1970. | Dolphus Burton | |
| 202k | USS Yosemite (AD-19) moored, probably at Naples, circa 1969-1970 with USS Brumby (DE-1044) USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) and USS Barney (DDG-6) alongside. | Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret. | |
| 108k | On Reserve duty with ResDesRon 34, Jul 1971 to Dec 1971. Photo from "An Illustrated History of Destroyers of the World" by Bernard Ireland. | Robert Hurst | |
| 63k | Ship's patch | Larry Sheppard | |
| 49k | Ship's patch | Mike Smolinski | |
| 100k-120k | Uniform Ship's name shoulder patch. | Al Grazevich | |
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CDR Norman John Sampson Jan 26 1944 - Sep 19 1945 CDR John William Howard Sep 19 1945 - Jan 17 1947 CDR Thomas Craighead Edrington III Jan 17 1947 - Jun 12 1948 CDR Dale Mayberry Jun 12 1948 - May 26 1949 CDR Dwight Lyman Johnson May 26 1949 - Jul 17 1951 (Later RADM) CDR Craig Ransom Garth Jul 17 1951 - Aug 8 1952 CDR Frank Curtis Lynch Jr. Aug 8 1952 - May 25 1953 LT Alfred Richard Olsen Jr. May 25 1953 - Jun 11 1953 (Acting) CDR Stephen Charles O'Rourke Jun 11 1953 - Mar 22 1955 CDR Homer Howard Haisten Jr. Mar 22 1955 - Nov 5 1956 CDR Charles Joseph Beers Sr. Nov 5 1956 - Apr 15 1958 CDR John Secrist Oller Jr. Apr 15 1958 - Oct 16 1959 CDR Floyd Robert Porterfield Oct 16 1959 - Jul 18 1961 CDR William Joseph Flynn Jul 18 1961 - Jul 29 1963 CDR Kirk Crothers Miller Jr. Jul 29 1963 - Dec 23 1964 CDR Edward McCoy Baty Dec 23 1964 - Oct 6 1966 CDR Percy Stuart Beaman Oct 6 1966 - May 20 1967 LCDR William Belmont Moye Jr. May 20 1967 - Jun 12 1967 (Acting) CDR Percy Stuart Beaman Jun 12 1967 - Sep 21 1968 CDR James Alfred Meacham Sep 21 1968 - Mar 2 1970 CDR Robert Haley Laighton Mar 2 1970 - Sep 28 1971 CDR Richard George Hollenbach Sep 28 1971 - Apr 11 1973 LCDR Maurice Joseph Bresnahan Jr. Apr 11 1973 - Aug 15 1973 (Later RADM)
The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
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This page was created by Fred Willishaw (ex ARG-4, AS-11 & DD-692) and is maintained by David L. Wright
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